Loog for good computer

newbie123

Was wondering if anyone could help me with this
im looking to buy a new pc, somthing to use for the internet mainly with a good proccessing power and lots of memory
Can anyone recomend me a good pc?
was looking at the aldi one and it doesnt look like a bad buy also was looking at the dell ones, but dont hve a good idea on what to get?
please help
thanks

dak

Really depends on your budget and applications you intend to run. With Dell you get your base machine and decide what parts you want to upgrade to.

I wouldn't advise starting with their cheapest base machine . Go for a mid range or higher ( if the budget allows) and put as upgrade as much as you need or can afford. Get maximum memory as a priority and at least 2GB if Vista is on the machine .

If you intend to run a load of games then you need quality video/ audio cards as well as a bigger screen probabley. You will also want the highest spec CPU you can afford. Hard Drives are usually more than sufficient for most home users but what you need does depend on intended usage.

EG a full 2 hour DCD can be 7GB or if you have a large music / photo library you will quickly use up a standard issue HD.

dhaddock

if its to be used mainly for the internet why is processing power important?

Fleaman08

price range????

mjconn

Have you though of going onto sites like komplett/elara/dabs etc and spec up your own machine. Probably not a good idea if you dont know much about components but we can help! Oh, budget will have a big impact on this decision

Anti

agreed with above, but 2gb is no where near enough ram for vista. 4GB minimum ! To be honest just ring dells sales line and tell when what you want to do with it. They will point you in the right direction. And for the love of sweet baby jesus, stay the hell away from pc world.

newbie123

It will just be used for the internet mainly and for photos and music itunes etc,
i have an old computer and its soooo screw its not even funny,
price rang is less than 800 if possible,
would dell be my best bet?
would they pcs be better than the one aldi or other places are selling?
thanks for your help

higster

http://www.lidl.ie/ie/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20081201.p.TargaHighEndQuadCorePowerPC

Plenty good enough for what looking for. No monitor though...

newbie123

Which would be better for me to buy?
A pc from dell or a pc from lidl?
dunno which one to go for? dell or lidl

higster

"At the end of the day" its your call. As far as I can tell equivalent one on Dell is around the €1100 mark with a one year warranty (vs 3 years on lidl one).

http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?b=&c=ie&cs=iedhs1&kc=DRS43001&l=en&m_30=124967&oc=D12X302&rbc=D12X302&s=dhs

The aldi one last week was better again but long gone...(4GB ram, 1TB memory & defo had hdmi)...I'm going to wait until this one comes out again...
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055425855

newbie123

I might wait till the aldi one comes out again so,
do you have any idea when it will be coming out again?

TerrorFirmer

higster wrote: »

"At the end of the day" its your call. As far as I can tell equivalent one on Dell is around the €1100 mark with a one year warranty (vs 3 years on lidl one).

http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?b=&c=ie&cs=iedhs1&kc=DRS43001&l=en&m_30=124967&oc=D12X302&rbc=D12X302&s=dhs

The aldi one last week was better again but long gone...(4GB ram, 1TB memory & defo had hdmi)...I'm going to wait until this one comes out again...
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055425855

That's hardly comparing like with like, the Dell one is a top quality gaming machine in a vastly superior chassis, with a vastly superior power supply, and a vastly superior video card.

599 was a decent price for the Lidl Machine but for your intended uses Dell will better serve you. What's the point in buying a quad core machine when all you're doing is internet browsing and the like? And I hope no-one starts this 'future-proofing' nonsense - for those sort of tasks, I've still got an ancient Pentium 4 that's of no distinguishable difference to my main E8600 setup for those sort of things.

Go to the Dell small business page, anyone can buy there. At the moment this is what you will get for 520 euro including delivery:

Dell Vostro 220
-19" Widescreen monitor
-E2200
-2GB Ram
-250GB Hard Drive
-Intel X4500


That's fine for Vista and definitely twice as much as you need for the tasks you've described, if you're very concerned about RAM another 2gb would set you back 30 euro from any online store, don't pay Dell for upgrades is the golden rule.

Buy the Lidl machine, and a monitor on top of that, you're left with a machine that costs 750 euro and is virtually 0% faster in day to day tasks - don't waste your money buying hardware you absolutely don't need. The Aldi machine would be an ever bigger waste.

If you already have a monitor you can buy the Vostro 220 without one and end up paying about 400 for the machine including delivery. If anyone if your family is a gamer you'd be able to buy a separate card off somewhere like Komplett.ie - all in all, a machine that would easily outstrip the Lidl one in games and include the 19" monitor to boot is managable within the 599 price of the Lidl machine.

newbie123

If i was to order from dell what should i get?
im fairly clueless with computers
just looking for something to use with the internet with lots of memory for music photos itunes microsoft office and norton antivirus,
would the pc you just mentioned be ok for all that? and i want it to last a good while

Sam Vimes

newbie123 wrote: »

If i was to order from dell what should i get?
im fairly clueless with computers
just looking for something to use with the internet with lots of memory for music photos itunes microsoft office and norton antivirus,
would the pc you just mentioned be ok for all that? and i want it to last a good while

nothing there needs a lot of processing power (except maybe norton). btw you're using the wrong term there. to get lots of photos and other files on the computer you need lots of hard drive space, not memory. hard drive space stores all your files. where memory comes in is if you want to run a lot of stuff at the same time or use very powerful programs. a large hard drive would be 500GB, a lot of memory would be 4GB

think of hard drive space as a filing cabinet where you store stuff when you're not using it and memory as your desk where you put stuff that you're using right now. much less space on a desk but you can access it a lot faster

newbie123

Thanks a lot just ordered the dell one you put up the link for just exactly what it had on it
hope this pc works out for me
thanks a lot for all your help